La Fermeté

Nièvre · CC Sud Nivernais · INSEE 58112

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Fermeté (INSEE 58112) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Sud Nivernais. Population 617 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 16,933 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	5.96
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (E.P.PU SIMONE VEIL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA FERMETE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	E.P.PU SIMONE VEIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA FERMETE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Monthly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. See the source for which week of the month. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 530 peak 2012: 688 2023: 617 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 688 (2012) → 617 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 563 (1990) → 617 (2023): 9.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 5.2 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.8 km NEPharmacy — 5.8 km NEFood shop — 6.2 km SWGP — 6.5 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Benin-d'Azy): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sauvigny-les-Bois): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Benin-d'Azy): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Benin-d'Azy): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Fermeté): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.2

Muggy days a summer 1.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the OUROUER weather station, 10.4 km away at 262 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ANLEZY, 13.3 km away at 220 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 888 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at OUROUER, 10.4 km away at 262 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58112/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/ec2fe73b-ca28-3b0c-a655-2e812c64f06e— “Marché de producteurs locaux, chaque 1er dimanche du mois.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58112/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58112/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58112/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58232
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58112
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cricq-Chalosse	40	484 km SW	614	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 58 %
Granges-sur-Lot	47	364 km SW	590	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Neuve-Maison	02	333 km N	602	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just	18	63 km W	656	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Réparsac	16	307 km SW	631	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Montbeugny	03	50 km S	638	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montbeugny	03	50 km S	638	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just	18	63 km W	656	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Réparsac	16	307 km SW	631	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Neuve-Maison	02	333 km N	602	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Granges-sur-Lot	47	364 km SW	590	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Cricq-Chalosse	40	484 km SW	614	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 58 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Fermeté's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montbeugny	03	50 km S	638	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Magny	28	218 km NW	664	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Gizy	02	295 km N	630	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Fourches	77	161 km N	576	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Faverolles-et-Coëmy	51	254 km N	601	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Simon	02	309 km N	593	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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